Facies, ( ISI ), Volume (60), No (3), Year (2014-7) , Pages (815-841)

Title : ( Facies architecture, depositional environments, and sequence stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Fasham and Deh- Sufiyan Formations in the central Alborz, Iran )

Authors: aram bayetgoll , Gerd Geyer , Markus Wilmsen , Asadollah Mahboubi , Sayyed Reza Moussavi Harami ,

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Abstract

Based on their lithologic characteristics and stratal geometries, the Middle Cambrian Fasham and Deh- Sufiyan Formations of the lower Mila Group in the Central Alborz, northern Iran, exhibit 39 lithofacies representing several supratidal to deep subtidal facies belts. The siliciclastic successions of the Fasham Formation are divided into two facies associations, suggesting deposition in a tide-dominated, open-mouthed estuarine setting. The mixed, predominantly carbonate successions of the Deh- Sufiyan Formation are grouped into ten facies associations. Four depositional zones are recognized on the Deh-Sufiyan ramp: basinal, outer ramp (deep subtidal associations), mid ramp (shallow subtidal to lower intertidal associations), and inner ramp (shoal and upper intertidal to supratidal associations). These facies associations are arranged in small-scale sedimentary cycles, i.e., peritidal, shallow subtidal, and deep subtidal cycles. These cycles reflect spatial differences in the reaction of the depositional system to small-scale relative sea-level changes. Small-scale cycles are stacked into medium-scale cycles that in turn are building blocks of large-scale cycles. Systematic changes in stacking pattern (cycle thickness, cycle type, and facies proportion) allow to reconstruct long-term changes in sealevel. Six large-scale cycles (S1–S6) have been identified and are interpreted as depositional sequences showing retrogradational (transgressive systems tract) and progradational (highstand systems tract) packages of facies associations. The six depositional sequences provide the basis for inter-regional sequence stratigraphic correlations and have been controlled by eustatic sea-level changes.

Keywords

, Cambrian , Mila Group, Facies analysis, Stratigraphic cycles, Depositional sequences, Correlation
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@article{paperid:1042008,
author = {Bayetgoll, Aram and Gerd Geyer and Markus Wilmsen and Mahboubi, Asadollah and Moussavi Harami, Sayyed Reza},
title = {Facies architecture, depositional environments, and sequence stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Fasham and Deh- Sufiyan Formations in the central Alborz, Iran},
journal = {Facies},
year = {2014},
volume = {60},
number = {3},
month = {July},
issn = {0172-9179},
pages = {815--841},
numpages = {26},
keywords = {Cambrian ; Mila Group; Facies analysis; Stratigraphic cycles; Depositional sequences; Correlation},
}

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%0 Journal Article
%T Facies architecture, depositional environments, and sequence stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Fasham and Deh- Sufiyan Formations in the central Alborz, Iran
%A Bayetgoll, Aram
%A Gerd Geyer
%A Markus Wilmsen
%A Mahboubi, Asadollah
%A Moussavi Harami, Sayyed Reza
%J Facies
%@ 0172-9179
%D 2014

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